Calf-weaner.



L. R. DEHLER. GLF WEANER.

APPLIGATION FILED Dam-16, 191s.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

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i LEE ROY DHLER, or GARY, NDIANA.

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To all wiwmvit 'may concern.' f

Be it known that I, LEER. DEHLER, a citi* zen of the United States, residing at Gary, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improve` ments in Calf-Weaners, of which the following is a specification.v l f' l rlhis invention relates to calf weaners, and it has for its object to produce a device of simple and eiiicient construction which may be readily applied to the nose of a calf, said device being provided with one or more spring actuated barbs which are normally inactive but which, when pressed against the tension of their actuating springs, will prick the nose of the animal, causing him to desist from feeding.

A further object of the invention is to produce a device of the class described embodying a resilient ring which may be readily applied to the nose of the animal, said ring supporting a relatively fixed member having bearings wherein the spring actuated barbs are mounted in such fashion as to be readily actuated against the tension of either actuating spring when the animal attempts to feed.

`With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claim may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,-Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing a device constructed in accordance with the invention applied to the nose of a calf. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, showing the device detached. Fig. 3 is a rear view. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view taken on the line 4 1 in Fig. 3.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

A resilient wire 15 provided at the ends thereof with balls or bulbs 16 is bent to form approximately a ring or hoop of nearly circular shape, the balls 1G being slightly spaced apart, as shown.

I Specicationkof Letters Patent.

Application filed December 16, 1913. Serial No. 807,122.

`Patented Mar. 9, 1915..

A plate 17Yof moderately thick sheet metal is provided adjacent to its upper end with` notches forming a tongue 18 which is bent forwardly approximately at right angles to the plate. The plate is provided at its lower edge with notches or recesses arms 20, one at either side of the plate, and an intermediate arm 21, the latter being bent forwardly substantially at right angles to the body of the plate 17 and having a furtlier bent portion or tip 22 at an obtuse angle to the body of the arm 21. The body portion of the arm 21 and the tip 22 are each apertured for the passage of a rod or prong 23, each of said prongs having a sharp terminal that projects through an aperture 24 in the tongue 18. Each prong is provided with an enlargement 25 lying 19 forming above the arm 21 and its tip 22 to limit the 75 direction, springs are emtip 22, the lower extremity of each prong being provided with an enlargement or offset 27 to support the lower end of the coiled spring.

It will be observed that the arms 2O diverge downwardly With respect to the central arm 21. The lower ends of said arms 20 are coiled about and firmly secured on the ring formed by the wire 15 with which the plate 17 is thus firmly connected in such a fashion as ring in the direction of the balls or bulbs 16.

In practice the device is mounted in position by inserting the balls 16 into the nostrils of the animal, said balls being forced by the inherent resiliency of the wire l5 into engagement with the cartilage of the nose, thereby mounting the device securely in position. When the animal attempts to feed one or more of the barbs or prongs 23 will be pushed against the tension of its actuating spring in an upward direction and will prick the nose of the animal which will thus be discouraged in its attempt and which after a number of repeated attempts will be speedily weaned.

The divergent arms 20 will engage the ring formed by the wire 15 at various angles to extend upwardly within the and will thus serve to secure the plate '17 firmly in position on the ring, without any tendency to lateral or other displacement.

The device is extremely simple in construction and while thoroughly eiiicient for the purposes for which it is provided, it may be manufactured and marketed at a very moderate expense.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed' as new, isz- A device of the class described comprising in combinationwith a resilient ring having terminal bulbs, a plate having a forwardly extending tongue, rearwardly extending divergent arms, and a forwardly extending arm, the latter having a tip bent at an obtuse angle with respect to said arm, said diver* gent arms being terminally coiled about and secured on the ring, and spring actuated prongs having sharp points guided through Vthe tongue, the lower portions being guided LEE ROY DEHLER.

Witnesses I F. N. TYLER, y R. M. 'WATERSTOR Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofY Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

